Introducing Dan Sparkles Avocado Sunrise Mitchell*

Based on her projected growth rate, we are also pleased to present the following video showing what the birth will probably be like. Please enjoy.

*Note: Don't worry- this is not her actual name. Birth certificates only have room for 2 middle names.

Even the tiniest stone dropped into a pond forms ripples that flow across the water. Our Maddie was small and fragile, but her existence is and was real to us and to our parents, siblings, family, and friends. She existed and she touched our hearts, even though she never took a breath. While we do not know what it was about Maddie that made her Maddie, God knows, and that suffices; we give over to God the knowledge of so many things that entrusting our daughter to Him seems right and is right.

Madeleine Marie Mitchell was born on September 13, 2009 at 32 weeks of gestation. She was 18" long and weighed 3 lbs 15.4 oz.

Maternity Clothes: A Primer

These are maternity pants.

Note the unsightly bag-like material at the front of the pants (arrow). This convenient pocket is for storing the baby, kind of like a kangaroo pouch.

But what do they look like on, you ask?

Well, Philomena here is going to show you.

Um, Phil? Hold still so the nice people can get a look at you.

As you can see, she loves the roomy fit!

Is the Maid of Honor Fat or Pregnant? Discuss.

Baby Mitchell sleeps through his/her first wedding while the other guests struggle with the answer to this question.

Exhibit A:

(Editor's note: Unfortunately, we may never know the truth; all the votes were lost in the mindless scramble to the ice cream truck by a horde of very well-dressed twenty-somethings. There is no denying the primal urge incited by that jingle.)